User talk:Wikain

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. Again, welcome! HiLo48 (talk) 22:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

February 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to History of Taiwan, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. I've noticed that you have consistently added the statement that colonization of Taiwan by Han Chinese started in the Yuan dynasty. This is false and pertains to Penghu rather than the island of Taiwan. Please do not add synthesized or original content on Wikipedia. This means combining two statements or more from the same or different sources to create a statement that neither sentences contained. Or adding statements that do not exist in the sources at all. For example recently at History of rockets where none of the sources mentioned rockets until I pointed it out. You should also be aware of WP:FRINGE and article subject. For example the info on Archytas is noticeably separate (steam power) from the vast majority of the info on the rockets page which pertains to gunpowder technology, so it would be better in its own section such as Precursors or other. Qiushufang (talk) 22:52, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

June 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Qualia, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. ZimZalaBim ^talk 20:25, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source was the linked wikipedia article itself. Since the section is a small summary of a larger wikipedia page. Wikain (talk) 20:40, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Wikain! Your additions to Qualia have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

Limited quotation: You may only copy or translate a small portion of a source. Any direct quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks (") and properly cited using an inline citation. More information is available on the non-free content page. To learn how to cite a source, see Help:Referencing for beginners.
Paraphrasing: Beyond limited quotations, you are required to put all information in your own words. Following the source's wording too closely can lead to copyright issues and is not permitted; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when paraphrasing, you must still cite your sources as appropriate.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 07:35, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I thought copyright was more flexible. I won't copy paragraphs again. Wikain (talk) 23:43, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2024

Hello, I'm Pbrks. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Sinatraa, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. – Pbrks ^(t·c) 15:07, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]